Illustrator, author, designer and MFA Design Department faculty member Maira Kalman produces new work at a prodigious rate, so it’s somewhat surprising that “Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)” at The Jewish Museum is her first museum survey exhibition. According to Ingrid Schaffner, senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, “This exhibition […]

MFA Design Department faculty member Maira Kalman appeared on the October 28 episode of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Kalman spoke to satirical pundit Steven Colbert about her new book, And The Pursuit of Happiness (Penguin Press, 2010), which collects illustrations she created for The New York Times, focusing on viewpoints about American democracy […]